The Evolution of Labor Market Structure
The California Canning Industry
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3293104 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Martin Brown (0000-0002-5436-354X, University of Utah), Martin M Brown (0000-0002-3273-1356), Peter Philips (0000-0003-2716-2926, University of Utah) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 392-407 |
| Publication date | 1985-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Industrial and Labor Relations Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0019-7939 • E-ISSN: 2162-271X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/001979398503800306 |
| OpenAlex | W1988839428 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
This paper presents a historical explanation of the evolution of labor market structure and wage differentials in the California canning industry. Beginning in the late 1800s, the power of craft labor within the canneries combined with the growth of a canned goods market to stimulate mechanization, which in turn raised the cost of a casual labor force and led to nascent labor market structure. Unionization in the 1930s, itself a partial product of previous mechanization, reshaped and institutionalized informal internal labor markets. Wages both within the canneries and between canning and agriculture responded to the evolving institutions and structural characteristics of the cannery labor market
Business · Casual · Craft · Economic geography · Economics · Geography · Industrial organization · Labor relations · Labour economics · Market economy · Market power · Market structure · Political science · Product (mathematics) · Product market · Secondary labor market · Split labor market theory · Wage · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact · Labor Movements and Unions · Political Economy and Marxism · Wine Industry and Tourism
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,3 |
| Citation span | 1986 - 2025 (40) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |